Shiseido names new Americas CEO amid wider leadership reshuffle, job cuts

Shiseido introduced on Monday the appointment of Alberto Noe to the function of CEO of the Americas, because the Japanese magnificence large reshuffles its leadership amid job cuts.

Noe beforehand served as interim Americas CEO, after being appointed to the function earlier this yr. Noe changed Ron Gee, who was stepped down from his function as CEO of Americas in April.

A magnificence veteran, Noe first joined the Shiseido group in 2013 as president and CEO of Italy. In 2019, he was named chief enterprise officer of the EMEA area, earlier than being appointed deputy managing director EMEA in January 2023. He was named president and CEO of Shiseido EMEA in March 2024, a job he’ll concurrently maintain alongside the Americas area, in accordance with a press launch.

Shiseido additionally stated it has promoted Makoto Toyoda to the function of chief data know-how officer; Hidefumi Araki has been named world model and product innovation officer; and Naomi Kawanishi is the new world model president of Clé de Peau, Shiseido’s super-luxury skincare model.

The firm additionally revealed some departures. Angelica Munson, chief digital officer; Tomoko Ikeda, chief model and product innovation officer, and So George Sugitomo, chief inventive officer are all leaving the Tokyo-based firm, efficient January 1.

Finally, the corporate additionally plans to chop some 200 home jobs, as a part of its “Next Career Support Plan” early retirement program.

Coinciding with the appointment information, Shiseido on Monday reported an attributable web lack of 43,983 million yen (€246 million) for the primary 9 months of 2025, in comparison with a revenue of 754 million yen (€4.2 million) in the identical interval a yr earlier.